English-Thai Dictionary

rhetorical

ADJ เชิง สำนวนโวหาร  bombastic oratorical eloquent choeng-sam-nuan-wo-han

 

rhetorical question

N คำถาม เชิง สำนวนโวหาร  kam-tam-choeng-sam-nuan-wo-han

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RHETORICAL

a. 1. Pertaining to rhetoric; as the rhetorical art.
2. Containing the rules of rhetoric; as a rhetorical treatise.
3. Oratorial; as a rhetorical flourish.

 

RHETORICALLY

adv. In the manner of rhetoric; according to the rules of rhetoric; as, to treat a subject rhetorically; a discourse rhetorically delivered.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RHETORICAL

Rhe *tor "ic *al, a. Etym: [L. rhetoricus, Gr. Rhetoric. ]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish. They permit him to leave their poetical taste ungratified, provided that he gratifies their rhetorical sense. M. Arnold. -- Rhe *tor "ic *al *ly, adv. -- Rhe *tor "ic *al *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rhetorical

rhe tor i cal |rəˈtôrikəl rəˈtɔrəkəl | ▶adjective of, relating to, or concerned with the art of rhetoric: repetition is a common rhetorical device. • expressed in terms intended to persuade or impress: the rhetorical commitment of the government to give priority to primary education. • (of a question ) asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information. DERIVATIVES rhe tor i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (first used in the sense ‘eloquently expressed ’): via Latin from Greek rhētorikos (from rhētor ‘rhetor ’) + -al .

 

Oxford Dictionary

rhetorical

rhetorical |rɪˈtɒrɪk (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 relating to or concerned with the art of rhetoric: repetition is a common rhetorical device. • expressed in terms intended to persuade or impress: the rhetorical commitment of the government to give priority to primary education. 2 (of a question ) asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information. DERIVATIVES rhetorically adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (first used in the sense ‘eloquently expressed ’): via Latin from Greek rhētorikos (from rhētor ‘rhetor ’) + -al .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

rhetorical

rhetorical adjective 1 rhetorical devices: stylistic, oratorical, linguistic, verbal. 2 rhetorical hyperbole: extravagant, grandiloquent, magniloquent, high-flown, orotund, bombastic, grandiose, pompous, pretentious, overblown, oratorical, turgid, flowery, florid; informal highfalutin; rare fustian.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

rhetorical

rhetorical adjective 1 the skilful use of such rhetorical devices like metaphor: stylistic, oratorical, linguistic, verbal. 2 he had a tendency to engage in rhetorical hyperbole: extravagant, grandiloquent, magniloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, sonorous, lofty, orotund, bombastic, grandiose, pompous, pretentious, overblown, oratorical, turgid, flowery, florid, declamatory, Ciceronian; informal highfalutin; rare tumid, epideictic, fustian, euphuistic, aureate, Demosthenic, Demosthenean.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

rhetorical

rhe tor i cal /rɪtɔ́ːrɪk (ə )l |-tɔ́r -/形容詞 1 修辞学 [法 ]の ; 修辞を用いた .2 修辞的な, 美辞麗句の .～̀ qu é stion 〘文法 〙修辞疑問 〘Who knows? (≒Nobody knows.)のように, 強意を表す疑問文 〙.～ly 副詞 修辞学的に ; 美辞麗句で飾って .